What is it about?
This paper is about the implications of having the crowd analyze open data.
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Why is it important?
A wide range of governments are providing open data and people are beginning to analyze the data. This paper provides some historical background and lays out some of the implications of the crowd analyzing open data. There are both some potential advantages and disadvantages of this approach. We also apply activity theory in order to provide a model to help elicit and understand key concerns.
Perspectives
Historically, the crowd has proposed ideas, commented on ideas, voted on ideas, etc. However, the notion of armchair auditors illustrates some of the possibilities of having the crowd analyze data.
Daniel E. O'Leary
University of Southern California
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This page is a summary of: Armchair Auditors: Crowdsourcing Analysis of Government Expenditures, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, December 2015, American Accounting Association,
DOI: 10.2308/jeta-51225.
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